"Tantalus" is a word in ENGLISH
A genus of wading birds comprising the wood ibises.
A Phrygian king who was punished in the lower world by
being placed in the midst of a lake whose waters reached to his chin
but receded whenever he attempted to allay his thirst, while over his
head hung branches laden with choice fruit which likewise receded
whenever he stretched out his hand to grasp them.
You are privileged if you know that there is God, the only creator of Heaven and Earth because not everyone gets to understand that whist still alive.
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A solider stationed in the South Pacific wrote to his wife in the States to please send him a harmonica to occupy his free time and keep his mind off of the local women. The wife complied and sent the best one she could find, along with several dozen lesson and music books.Rotated back home, he rushed to their home and through the front door. "Oh darling" he gushed, "Come here. Let me look at you. Let me hold you! Let's have a fine dinner out, then make love all night. I've missed your lovin' so much."The wife, keeping her distance, said, "All in good time lover. First, let's hear you play that harmonica."
To approach; to come forward; -- opposed to recede.
Read the complete definitionSea-weed, between high and low wnter-mnrk, which lias not been deposlt-ed on tbe shore, nnd which during flood-tide is moved …
Read the complete definitionTo drive or force backward; to cause to retreat or recede; as, to back oxen.
Read the complete definitionA receding or giving up; a complete surrender.
Read the complete definitionA backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
Read the complete definitionbutbut n lie, boast of s.t. untrue (coarse). pula a glaring lie (so called from the homonymy with butbut). Miuk-uk …
Read the complete definitionTending, or causing, to recede from the center.
Read the complete definitionA member of the solar system which usually moves in an elongated orbit, approaching very near to the sun in …
Read the complete definitiondangas a having a receding hairline. v [B] have a receding hairline. Mudangas (madangas) ang ímung agtang ug magsígi kag …
Read the complete definitiondanglas v {1} [A; a] clamber over, climb up on s.t. vertical. Dílì madanglas ang paril kay dangug, You cant …
Read the complete definitionTo recede and grow fainter; to become imperceptible; to vanish; -- often with out or away.
Read the complete definitionTo become or appear less or smaller; to lessen; as, the apparent size of an object diminishes as we recede …
Read the complete definitionTo extend from a common point in different directions; to tend from one point and recede from each other; to …
Read the complete definitionA receding from each other in moving from a common center; the state of being divergent; as, an angle is …
Read the complete definitionReceding farther and farther from each other, as lines radiating from one point; deviating gradually from a given direction; -- …
Read the complete definitionTo return or fall back from a better to a worse state; to decline; to decay; to recede.
Read the complete definitionReceding; going out; falling; shallow; low.
Read the complete definitionTo depart to, or be at, a distance; esp., to recede apparently from the sun, as a planet in its …
Read the complete definitionTo watch, as a receding object; to keep the eyes fixed upon while in motion; to keep the mind upon …
Read the complete definitionTo move; to recede.
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